Though Qin Miao finished his livestream with a wave, leaving nothing behind, the fact that he streamed on a domestic platform quickly became a hot topic on various social media platforms.

Although F1's popularity in the country isn't very high, as the world's top formula racing sport, its recognition is quite significant in China.

Note that popularity and recognition are not the same thing.

Young people have heard of F1 and know it's formula racing; naturally, they also know there's now a Chinese person in F1, but that's about all the extent of their knowledge.

As the first Chinese to become an official F1 driver and win a race in his debut F1 season, Qin Miao made countless historical achievements and records.

A figure like Qin Miao is naturally praised by national media and featured on broadcast news, so while he's not a household name domestically, you could say everyone has at least heard of him.

Most people have heard of Qin Miao's name, have a basic impression of him, and know what he does.

That's why news of his livestream shooting up to trending even in the morning isn't surprising.

After learning about this, many motorsport fans and Qin Miao's supporters sighed regretfully, while those night owl fans lucky enough to learn about and watch the livestream gleefully bragged in their circles of friends or among acquaintances.

Some sharp-witted viewers who discovered Qin Miao's livestream started recording it; unfortunately, just when Qin Miao began, his stream had very few viewers, so even any recorded broadcasts weren't very complete.

Nonetheless, quite a few people still watched these recorded replays of Qin Miao's livestream.

People discovered that aside from excelling in racing, Qin Miao is also a gaming pro.

Of course, all this clamor doesn't really matter to Qin Miao; he's returned to his work life.

Beyond daily simulator practice, Qin Miao has also helped the team shoot plenty of promo videos, photos, and participated in interviews with media outlets friendly with the team.

These activities are necessary for Qin Miao as a public figure.

It's worth mentioning that the team has started considering the concept design for next season's car.

Many might think it's a bit late to start considering next season's car design now, especially since 2022 sees major regulation changes, making designing new rule-compliant cars a complex task.

How it could possibly take just a year to roll out a competitive new car that matches Mercedes' brilliant track record seems implausible.

But in reality, many components and design concepts from the W12 can be applied to the W13.

With major regulation changes, the buffeting wings experienced by Qin Miao were cut, introducing ground effect floors, but otherwise, most aspects remained unchanged.

The team is now discussing and judging next season's car's side pod concept—whether to continue Mercedes W12's zero side pod design or redesign the side pod.

On Tuesday morning, the team's design department and management held a meeting on this matter, with Qin Miao and Hamilton both attending.

After all, they're the drivers, so their perspectives on car design weight can sometimes exceed that of engineers and designers.

However, both Hamilton and Qin Miao seemed to be attentively listening to the meeting content while actually daydreaming like students in class.

"How has practice in Monaco been these past days?" This was the first time since the beginning of the break that the two could sit down and chat properly.

"Not bad, lap times have overall improved, 0.4 seconds faster than before, but since I haven't driven in Monaco, honestly, I'm not sure how I'll perform on the actual track."

"I watched your race in F2, and I noticed that whether it's F2 or F1, you've never started from mid-pack." Hamilton remarked, "Let me give you some advice:

Firstly, starting mid-pack isn't easy, especially on the Monaco track. Pay utmost attention when starting; keep a keen eye and ear on the surroundings, always aware of the cars in front, behind, and on either side of you, and their distances.

Only by doing so can you avoid severe track incidents during the start phase."

Qin Miao nodded, then quietly took out his phone to start recording.

While a good memory is better than a poor pen, clearly, under these circumstances, Qin Miao couldn't exactly pull out a pen and paper to note down Hamilton's words, so using his phone to record made more sense.

Hamilton didn't mind, and after thinking for a moment, continued, "Be bold but cautious during the starting stage. If the rhythm is right, you can try to move up a few positions, but prioritize protecting your car.

The overtaking difficulty on this track is high, so your lines through turns T17, 18, and 19 are crucial.

Your performance on these three turns will determine if you can overtake the driver ahead in the not-too-long DRS zone—remember this."

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The two chatted for about twenty minutes until the internal team discussion hit a deadlock.

Suddenly, Toto turned to the two drivers and asked, "What do you both think of these two concepts?"

In the midst of whispering, Qin Miao and Hamilton were taken aback, and then they glanced at each other.

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